My very short story, Relocation, was published recently in The Bangalore Review. Click the link to read 496 words, and no, it’s not totally autobiographical!Read More
Happy to report that my short story, Fishing, was published this winter in the 2021 volume of STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD, an anthology from Tulip Tree Publishing. The collection includes 34 stories and is available on amazon. I also recently learned that my story, This Is the Story I Was Given Today will...Read More
Happy to report that my rather short story, “The Interview” was published in March in the new literary journal, East by Northeast. I also read a portion for broadcast on their youtube channel.Read More
Happy to report that KIND EYES, which got such a kind review from the BookLife Reviewer, was just named a Quarter Finalist (Top 15) in the General Fiction category! Very grateful.Read More
I was thrilled to get this fabulous review for KIND EYES from a reviewer for the BookLife Prize. Finalists will be announced in October. Plot/Idea: With grace and vitality, Kind Eyes explores the inherent goodness of the human animal in full display, through the examination of the interconnected nature of seemingly disparate lives. Prose: Reed’s skillfully applied prose...Read More
Thrilled to received a fabulous review today for KIND EYES from Lisa Sherman and Windy City Reviews. Windy City Reviews offers free reviews to Chicago authors and authors of books about Chicago or set in Chicago. It’s a terrific service, and they match authors with reviewers who specialize in the author’s genre. Read it here.Read More
I am so touched by this poem by Lynn Ungar. Pandemic What if you thought of itas the Jews consider the Sabbath—the most sacred of times?Cease from travel.Cease from buying and selling.Give up, just for now,on trying to make the worlddifferent than it is.Sing. Pray. Touch only thoseto whom you commit your life.Center down. And when...Read More
My new short story collection, KIND EYES, is available today on amazon.com. If you buy it today (in print or for Kindle), maybe we can make it a best-seller. (In fiction–for the day, anyway. How to lie with statistics!) For each copy bought this week, I will donate $1 to save Steel Beam in honor of ...Read More
Happy to announce that my story, “A Measurable Distance,” about a father struggling to let his son follow his dream, was a finalist in the Hemingway Shorts competition sponsored by the Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park. It appears in Hemingway Shorts, Volume 5, available now on amazon.com.Read More
Just a reminder that March 1 is the deadline to apply for the The Chicago Literary Club $1000 prize and fellowship. This three year fellowship is for a serious writer (nonfiction or fiction). The Club meets weekly for dinner, conversation, and the presentation of an original essay by a member. The Fellowship consists of free...Read More
